to the attainment of the public good for the benefit of the overall majority. In countries ruled by jackboot despots, fear-stricken citizens cringe under the dread of state powers and desist from expressing views that are unacceptable to such dictators.
Democracy is not about strengthening the powerful against the weak of society, but strengthening the weak against the powerful. Since the poor and powerless are always in the majority, democracy affords them the opportunity to elect a government that can protect them from the claws of the ravenous powerful rich.
Unlike in a military regime where the Head of State is thrown in the corridor of power through the barrel of the gun and seen as the “supreme” figure and final signature on affairs of the state, an elected president or prime minister is a servant leader that is subject to the constitution of the country they head.
Many of our state lawmakers have been reduced to noise makers that are too happy playing the second fiddle to governors. In some states, they grovel before governors that have become state gods to get approval for their allowances and other privileges. While religion and ethnicity are now the twin evils of our stunted politics, voters have acquired wisdom in demanding their own share of the goodies, knowing that the politicians would only return after four years to seek re-election. Everyone is engaged in making hay while the sun shines.
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